Heterospilus cangrejaensis Marsh sp. n. Figure 144

Female.

Body size: 3.0-4.0 mm. Color: head dark brown, scape yellow with lateral longitudinal brown stripe, flagellum brown with white annulus near tip but apical 3-5 flagellomere brown; mesosoma dark brown, mesoscutal lobes, propleuron and venter usually lighter brown; metasomal terga dark brown, apical terga usually yellow; wing veins including stigma brown; legs yellow. Head: vertex granulate; frons weakly granulate or smooth; face weakly granulate or smooth; temple in dorsal view broad but not bulging behind eye, width equal to 1/2 eye width; malar space greater than 1/4 eye height; ocell-ocular distance at least 2.5 times diameter of lateral ocellus; 20-24 flagellomeres. Mesosoma: mesoscutal lobes granulate; notauli scrobiculate, meeting at scutellum in triangular rugose area; scutellum granulate; prescutellar furrow with 3 cross carinae; mesopleuron granulate; precoxal sulcus weakly scrobiculate, shorter than mesopleuron; venter granulate; propodeum with basal median areas margined, granulate, basal median carina present, areola not distinctly margined, areolar area rugose, lateral areas rugose posteriorly, granulate anteriorly. Wings: fore wing vein r shorter than vein 3RSa, vein 1cu-a beyond vein 1M; hind wing vein SC+R present, vein M+CU about equal to vein 1M. Metasoma: first tergum longitudinally costate, length greater than apical width; second tergum longitudinally costate; anterior transverse groove present, straight; posterior transverse groove present; third tergum costate basally, smooth apically; terga 4-7 smooth; ovipositor as long as metasomal tergum 1.

Holotype female.

Top label (white, printed) - Costa Rica, Cart[h]ago Pr. [;] La Cangreja, 1950m [;] 1991:x, P Hanson; second label (red, partially printed and hand written) - HOLOTYPE [;] Heterospilus [;] cangrejaensis [;] P. Marsh. Deposited in ESUW.

Paratypes.

11 ♀♀, same data as holotype with additional dates of xi.1991, vii.1991, ix–xii .1992 (ESUW). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA: Limon [;] 16km W. Guapiles [;] 400m, May 1989 [;] Coll. P. Hanson (ESUW). 1 ♀, top label - COSTA RICA, Heredia [;] Est. Biol. La Selva, 50- [;] 150m, 10°26'N, 84°01'W [;] Mar 1993, INBio-OET; second label - 02 Marzo 1993 [;] Bosque Primario [;] M/04/019; third label - INBio bar code (ESUW).

Comments .

The lighter colored mesoscutum is distinctive for this species.

Etymology.

The specific name is from the locality, La Cangreja in Cartago Province, where most of the type series was collected.